Exam 2: From Radio to Television

In the mid-1920s as a series of radio conferences proposed federal government regulation of radio, what was the reaction of most broadcasters?

Which branch of the military wanted to make radio a permanent government monopoly?

Despite many other claims based on earlier experiments, demonstrations, or temporary operations, KDKA qualifies as the oldest, continuously operating U.S.radio station.

The first company organized solely and specifically to operate a broadcasting network was

Why didn't television begin to grow immediately after World War II?

One technical antecedent for America's broadcasting system is

Both "toll" and "chain" broadcasting were initially associated with

Television's live decade, often called its "golden age," ended around

Rock and roll music and top-40 programming saved radio.

Vladimir Zworykin invented the iconoscope in 1923.

The nonduplication rules required AM/FM owners to program FM stations independently of AM stations.

The person who made the first known radiotelephone transmission (or broadcast) is

As conflicts arose between the "telephone" and the "radio" groups, the latter formed a network by using

Technical standards and unsophisticated technology delayed the development of television until the 1940s.

Wireless communication was most widely used at first by the __________ industry.

During World War II, radio's public stature declined through its poor reporting from various battlefronts.

Among many important ideas instituted by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver are all of the following EXCEPT

James Clerk Maxwell proved Hertz's theory by generating and detecting radio energy and measuring its wavelength.

Maritime tragedies such as the Titanic sinking set a precedent for regarding radio as having a special public responsibility.

In 1946 ABC dropped its recording ban to lure Bing Crosby away from NBC.